class [class name] is public, should be declared in a file names [class name].java

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class [class name] is public, should be declared in a file names [class name].java

Hello,

I am new to programming and struggling through trying to learn. Everything was going well, then I encountered the following error:class [class name] is public, should be declared in a file names [class name].java